Due to the scale of the NSW bushfires and anticipated severe heatwaves, there are widespread State forest closures over the Christmas and New Year period.

State forests in the Central Tablelands region will be closed from midnight Wednesday 18 December until further notice due to expected severe fire weather.

A Christmas tree grown by Forestry Corporation of NSW proudly sits in Government House in the Centre of Sydney as a visual reminder of the forestry industry and the value it provides.

All State forests on the South Coast of NSW are now closed to the public until further notice due to the ongoing fire risk. The exceptions are Bodalla Rest Area (in Bodalla State Forest) and Scrubby Creek rest area (in East Boyd State Forest), which remain open.

State forests in the Lower Hunter and Central Coast areas will be closed for one day on Friday 6 December 2019 due to expected severe fire weather.

Visitors to the picnic and camping areas on Blowering Dam’s western foreshore and motorists travelling through Bago State Forest are being asked to plan ahead as some forest roads will be closed throughout the summer.

As part of the coordinated firefighting effort, work is currently taking place in many forests on the north coast to prepare containment lines and carry out other emergency works to prevent the further spread of fire. These emergency fire works are not related to Forestry Corporation’s timber harvesting operations.

Newnes State Forest near Lithgow is closed to the public until further notice due to the risk posed by the Gospers Mountain fire in the adjoining Wollemi National Park.

Campers in Tumut and Tumbarumba plantation and native State forests are asked to switch to gas fires until further notice.

Forestry Corporation of NSW’s new dozer means the organisation is better equipped to protect the region’s forests, neighbours and communities from bushfire.